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Bonnie Bedelia is an American actress who has appeared in numerous films and television series. She is best known for her roles in the films Die Hard and Heart Like a Wheel, as well as her Emmy-nominated role as Helen Pryor in the television series Parenthood.
Bedelia was born in New York City, the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, a journalist. She has two brothers, actor Kit Culkin and actor/musician Rory Culkin.
Bedelia began her career as a stage actress, appearing in productions of The Glass Menagerie, The Crucible, and The Country Girl. She made her film debut in the 1971 drama Lovers and Other Strangers. She went on to appear in numerous films, including Die Hard (1988), Heart Like a Wheel (1983), Presumed Innocent (1990), and The Prince of Tides (1991).
Bedelia has also had a successful television career, appearing in series such as Law & Order, The Practice, and ER. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role as Helen Pryor in the NBC series Parenthood.
Bedelia is married to actor and director Carl Lumbly. They have two children.
Popular As |
Bonnie Bedelia Culkin |
Occupation |
actress,soundtrack |
Age |
75 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
Born |
25 March, 1948 |
Birthday |
25 March |
Birthplace |
New York City, New York, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 75 years old group.
Bonnie Bedelia Height, Weight & Measurements
At 75 years old, Bonnie Bedelia height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .
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5' 4" (1.63 m) |
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Who Is Bonnie Bedelia's Husband?
Her husband is Michael MacRae (1995 - present), James Telfer (24 May 1975 - 1975) ( divorced), Ken Luber (15 April 1969 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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Michael MacRae (1995 - present), James Telfer (24 May 1975 - 1975) ( divorced), Ken Luber (15 April 1969 - 1980) ( divorced) ( 2 children) |
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Bonnie Bedelia Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bonnie Bedelia worth at the age of 75 years old? Bonnie Bedelia’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated
Bonnie Bedelia's net worth
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Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Actress |
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Timeline
She repeated her role again in still another film -- A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)More recent independent movie credits include Berkeley (2005), Broken Links (2016), The Scent of Rain & Lightning (2017), A Stone in the Water (2019).
The movie evolved into the TV series Sordid Lives: The Series (2008) which reunited her with original cast members Leslie Jordan and Olivia Newton-John.
She also managed a few regular TV series roles: The Division (2001) as a police captain, and Parenthood (2010) as a family matriarch opposite Craig T. Nelson.
In a change of pace, Bonnie joined the ensemble cast of the low-budget cult comedy Sordid Lives (2000), as "Latrelle", a homophobic woman dealing with her mother's death, the imprisonment of her gay brother and her own son's "coming out".
She found her niche in TV-movies with social themes and tugged at more hearts in Switched at Birth (1991), A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992), Any Mother's Son (1997) and To Live Again (1998).
(1986), The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988), Presumed Innocent (1990) and a running role as Bruce Willis's put-upon wife in Die Hard (1988) and its sequel, she found better and more frequent parts on TV.
Her big comeback came again on the movie trail in the early 1980s when she absolutely nailed the role of race car driver Shirley Muldowney in Heart Like a Wheel (1983). She was surprisingly overlooked at Oscar time, however, despite the praise she received. Despite respected work in subsequent movies such as Violets Are Blue. . .
She appears in two films based on Stephen King books where there's an evil antique shop owner in the plot (Salem's Lot (1979) and Needful Things (1993)).
Her picture appears on the cover of the book "The Films of Don Shebib" by Piers Handling (Canadian Film Institute, Ottawa, 1978). Donald Shebib was her director for Between Friends (1973).
The time off to focus on motherhood (she had second son, Jonah Luber, in 1976) proved detrimental to her rising star. The remaining decade was uneventful at best, despite some fine showings in a splattering of TV-movies.
On the other end of the acting spectrum, she played the lovable bride-to-be in the side-splitting comedy classic Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). By this time, Bonnie had started concentrating on family values.
Films beckoned at this point and Bonnie made her debut lending topnotch support in The Gypsy Moths (1969) which reunited From Here to Eternity (1953) stars Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr. She earned even better marks in her next two films, one performance simply haunting and the other one hilarious.
Once again playing pregnant and once again delivering a touching pathos, she played the dirt-poor marathon dancer who pitches songs for pennies and the almost-mother of Bruce Dern's child in the superb, award-winning, Depression-era drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).
She married scriptwriter Ken Luber on April 24, 1969, and bore him a son, Yuri, the following year.
Wanted to play the role of Margaret 'Mick' Kelly in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), but lost out to Sondra Locke. Bedelia confided to the 8 October 1967 Los Angeles Times that "they decided I was too old" when she auditioned for the same part as Locke. As it turned out, Bedelia was four years younger than Locke, who had lied about her age.
After appearing in the stage play "The Playroom" in 1965, she earned strong reviews for her touching performance in "My Sweet Charlie", for which she won the 1967 Theatre World Award for "promising new artist". In it, she played a pregnant young Southern girl on the lam with a black lawyer. Patty Duke recreated the role a few years later on TV and captured an Emmy.
During that time, she took her first Broadway bow in "Isle of Children", a show that lasted but a week in March of 1962. She was also a replacement in the established hit comedy "Enter Laughing", a year later.
She made her professional debut at age 9 in a 1957 North Jersey Playhouse production of "Dr. Praetorius" and then was handed a full scholarship to study at George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. But the acting bug had bitten and after dancing in only four productions (including playing the role of Clara in "The Nutcracker"), she decided to hang up her ballet slippers. She proceeded to study at both the HB Studio and Actors Studio in New York.
Bonnie nabbed a five-year role as young teen "Sandy Porter" in the New York-based daytime soap Love of Life (1951) starting in 1961.
The native New Yorker was born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin on March 25, 1948, the daughter of Phillip Harley Culkin, a journalist, and Marian Ethel Wagner Culkin, a writer and editor. Trained in ballet, her parents guided all of the children at one time or another into acting (which included Kit Culkin, Terry Culkin and Candace Culkin). Bonnie herself attended Quintano School for Young Professionals in New York at one point and Bonnie and Kit went on to appear on the local stage and TV. Brother Kit would later be known more for siring a handful of talented child actors and/or stars (Macaulay Culkin, Kieran Culkin, and the rest). It was Bonnie who was first spotted among the other acting siblings by a talent scout who happened to catch her in a school production of "Tom Sawyer", and encouraged her.